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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

Signal lamps are now being put up
on the streets of New York city. At the
middle of the polo is a large iron globe
in which is telephone, an electric call
box and an. apparatus for shooting a
green glass globe around the gas jet of
the lamp from directly beneath. The ap-
paratas is connected by wire with the
police central office, and by pressing a
button there the glass globe is made to
rise where it can be seen by the police
man on post at considerable distance
during the day and at half H1ile at night.
The policeman who sees the signal may
make use of the telephone to discover
what he is wanted for, and in this way
captain at station may speedily COM
municate with any of his men who has
lamp post of this sort on his post.
In Washington territory the Indians
have an ingenious scheme by which they
kill large number of deer with but little
trouble. Taking some old blankets they
fasten them at short intervals upon the
bushes, making long line of bushes SO
covered. Then taking a large area of
timber they gradually close in on the
frightened deer. When the animals have
reached the line of blankets they travel
around In a circle like a whirlpool, re-
fusing to pass the line of blankets. This
enables the Indians to kill them as rapid
ly as they please.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

The new ase-balI rules are not recelv-
ed with favsr. The pitchers are too much
hampered by them and the game is pro-
tracted more than formerly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

The New York Grant Monument Fund
committee recently had a meeting and
filled vacancies in its ranks. What most
needs to be filled is the yawning vacancy
in its treasury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

The latest attempt to assassinate the
car was made by an officer OF the Rus
sian army, who fired at and missed him.
The car can hardly relish these things
under any circumstances, but the outrage
in this case is aggravated by the evidence
: it gives of army's ineficiency with fire
arms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

EY-CoNGREssNAE BENTON S. HALL, of
Burlington, Iowa, was Thursday appoint
ed United States Commissioner of
patents at Washington.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

QUEEN VICTORIA paid $4,000 to see an
exclusive performance at the Olympic
Hinnodrome. Such are the penalties of
ROYALTY. Ordinary people can go to to
the circus for so cents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

HERMAN SoHrLTzER, residing at No.
961 North Hoyne avenue, Chicago, was
last December bitten by dog. Early
Monday morning he became very violent
from hydrophebia, and on being remov-
ed to the county jail expired IN eight
heurs, in terrible agony.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

ALEXANDER MITCHELL, Mllwaukee,s
railroad king, talks with broad Scotch
accent, which does not prevent him, how
ever, from getting the talk down to
fine point when necessary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

AN earthq uake shock at Monte Carlo
in Italy, caused great land slide Thurs
dav, the railway and the carriage-road be-
ing buried under the mass of rock ana
a.r+b Railway trains from France had
a narrow escape.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

PATHS rst farewell tour brought her
S225,OOO and the next one no doubt will
be Just as profitable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

The women of Leavenworth, Aas., ap
near to have elected their man on Tues
day. Mayor Nicely must feel little bit
like q man who is tied to an apron
ctripn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

TIE interstate commerce commission
has ordered that applications for Official
action shall be made by petition under
oath, The Mobile and Ohio road has
asked relief as to rates because OF water
competition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

The veteran soldiers of southwest WI
consin will hold their next re1Hion at
,Shullsburg, Lafayette county, June L and
2. Addresses will be delivered by Gov.
Rusk and Congressman R. NJ. La Fol
latte
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

MISS SOPHIE MARKoE, of Washington,
is distressed over the newspaper no.
toriety gained through her reported en-
gagement to Secretary Bayard, and de-
mics that there is the slightest foundation
of fact for such an announcement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

THEE marriage ceremonies were re-
ouired between Madame Nilsson and her
second husband, in order to make 1t bind
ing civilly and enthusiastically. They are
married about as thoroughly as the chi
cago boodlers were indicted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

The California schoolmasters are not
to be fooled with. The other day IN as
culine at Lodi, (CaD licked fifteen young
misses "for making fun and sticking up
their noses at him." The case has gone
20 a court of Justice for settlement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

KELLY motor stock is again booming
in Philadelphia, on account of report
that the invention is complete. keely
completes his motor about as numerously
as Barnum his farewell tours OF the coun-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

AT Mount Sterling, Kentucky before
daylight, on Monday, j. j. Cornalisoh
was arrested and placed in jail to serve
three years for horsewhipplng Judge
Reid. who soon afterward committed
suicide because of his sense OF disgrace.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14
III Town and Hamlet

The seeds of intermittent and bilious rernittent
fever terminate and bear evil fruit No COM
munity has altogether escaped it. In populous
wards of large cities bad sewage causes it, and in
their suburbs stagnanJ pools in sunken lots breed
it. There is at once remedy and means of
prevention. It's name is Hostetter's Stomach
B.tters which is, without peradventure, the most
potent antdote in existence to the malaria virus
Fortified with this Incompatible saving specific,
rniaSlnatic influences may be encountered with
absolute impunity. Disorders of the stomach,
liver and bowels, begotten by miaSma tainted
water, or any other cause. succumb to the benif
cent corrective named and rheumatic, kidney and
bladder troubles are surely removable by its use
when it is given a persistent trial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

REV. J. R. KEpDELL, of Mason City, la.'
was paralyzed on Sunday at the close OF
his sermon. Judge j. V. Eustace' OF
Dixon, ILL.,, is rapidly recovering from a
simiIar attack.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

ANoff-hand rifle match was shot at
Dubuque, Iowa, on the sixth instant be-
tween c.. n. Budd, of Des Moines, cham
pion wing shot of the world, and ". w.
Wormod, The range was 200 yards, and
Mr. Wormod won.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

QUEEN MARGARETTA, of Italy, took pity
on the reporters who were puzzled over
the toilets at recent court bail at Rome,
and dictated to them description of the
handsome dresses. She wound up with
the injunction not to forget her neck
lace of pearls, saying, ''for these are the
things that especially interest your lady
readers"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

Baron Arthur de Collard, of Syracuse,
n. Y, enjoys the distinction of being
one of the very few men in this country,
or, for that matter, in the world, who can
sing eight octaves. He has won eighteen
medals for singing. His vocal compass
reaches far below the lowest note Of Ny
ron Whitney, and exceeds Gerster's high
&c" by several octaves.
lawsuit over a 81 side-saddle, settled
recently in a Massachusetts court, cost
the parties interested 1896 each.
Chamberlin's home, Birmingham, paid
out $50, 600 an hour in entertaing Queen
Victoria, a few days ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

THIRTY-CNE decorated cars loaded with
corn came to Chicago from Hebron,
Thayer county, Neb. They bore such
notices as "a paper mill wanted, 5000
farmers wanted" ''Soil four feet Deep"
"Corn is king" PLENTY of power on the
Little Blue river" This is the first con-
signment over new railroad and is in
tended to boom that part of the United
States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14
Boston Transcript.

eff Phil Sheridan purchases summer
residence on the south Shore" said mill
tary man this morning, as he looked over
his paper, I suppose he will bring his am
bulance along with him, and drive up and
down the beach in his old superb style. /
suppose you know that Sheridan, if he
can help it never rides in any other car
rage than an army ambulance? Before his
marriage, when his headquarters were at
Chicago his ambulance, neatly painted
and vanished and comfortably uphOl-
stored drawn by four of the handsomest
and spightliest mules in the United States
groomed until they shone, and driven by
a soldier in uniform, was one of the most
familiar objects on the street. Everybody
knew it and greatly admired it.
When be married he had to get coupe
of course, and people all pitied him when
they saw him in it, he looked so completely
lost. But he kept the ambulance and
ratified over the pavement in it when
ever Mrs. Sheridan did not care to go
out. I went to Washington with him.
November, 1880, Thomas Tormey, Scott
Depot, Putnam Co., W. Va, wrote: : In
bed with sciatica; am using st. Jacobs
Oil" Oct. 25th, 1886, he writes: 'Three
rubbings with it, got me out and cured
me. No return"
John and Jacob are twins ten years old,
having each head and chest, but only
one abdomen end one pair of legs for
the two. Jacob moves the right leg. John
the left. They recently resided in Vienna,
where they were being closely observed
by physicians, for according to the last
report regarding them. John was very
sick, and it was expected that if John
died, Jaoob would have to follow him into
the grave. It is reported that the twins
were engaged to visit the United States
under Barnum's control, but in the event
of their death, tho monstrosity will so to
an anatomical museum.-Dr. Foote's Health
Monthly.
Owe have used Red Star Cough Cure"
write the sisters Of the Notre Dame, Co
vanston, Md, s'for the cure of coughs.
oppression of the chest and sore throat"
Price TWENTY-FIVE cents bottle,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14
A Polite Little Boy.
HarDer'S BSZar

Bobby was at neighbours, and in re-
spouse to piece of bread and butter had
politely said THANK you"
CHATS right, Bobby" said the lady;
like to hear little boys say thank YOU"
eyes, ma told me must say that if you
gave me anything to eat, even if it wasn't
nothing but bread and butter; but if you
want to hear ms say it again you've either
got to put some jam on it or give me
some cake"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

Owe have used Red Star Cough Cure"
write the sisters Of the Notre Dame, Co
vanston, Md, ''for the cure of coughs.
oppression of the chest and sore throat"
Price twenty-five cents bottle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14

All the members were present at the cab
met meeting Tuesday. A question consid-
cred was i'll regard to the transfer of certain
hostile Apaches TO public reservation near
Mobile, Ala. The effect OF the failure of
the deficiency bill upon the business of the
government during the remainder of the
present. fiscal year WAS informally consid-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-06
e Novel Settlement.

A City of Mexico correspondent
writes: Up in the mountains, about
twenty leagues from this capital, there
is pueblo" or community OF pure
Indians. which is governed by six wise
old men and six venerable women, who
form sort of patrlarchal council, to
which all disputes or differences occur
ring in the village are submitted for ar
bitration. IN order to attain patriarchal
dignity, a man must, during his youth
and middle age, have been honest, la
bOrious, and truthful. The matriarch
must have brought up family of chill
dren properly, and never been given to
lying, stealing, or gossiping.
In this pueblo each Saturday is set
apart for labOrs of love and charity.
All the able-bodied men and women
leave their own land or usual occupa-
tions and till the grounds of the widows
and young orphans, or else work for
the benefit of the old, sick, blind, and
helpless Sometimes, when there is 4
large family Of boys and the parents
can not give each land ''whereon to
raise his food. " some energetic youth,
who has heard of the great world called
Mexico City" desires to 90 there to
earn his bread and perhaps that, too. of
some dusky maiden whom he designs
or hopes to wed. The fact that he does
not know phrase of Spanish rarely de-
ters him; moreover. there are few
learned men in Mexico City who under
stand the Ottomie language.
When the family of young Indian
has consented to the proposed exodus
the patriarchs and matriarchs hold a
solemn council" ways and means are
discussed, and then the would-be emil
grant is earnestly admonished: BE
brave, honest. truthful, and industrious.
and never disgrace your pueblo by any
act unworthy an Ottomie."
The lads departure is serious affair.
The entire community accompany him
to certain boundary line and the ''ven-
cradle fathers and mothers" bestow
their benediction upon him. In the
course of time, or whenever the exile
has a chance TO send a message to his
native land, the venerable fathers and
mothers" are as tenderly remembered
as his own ''blood kim"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-06
She Couldn't Help 1t.

"Oh-h-hr she screamed, and while
one hand gathered her skirts more
closely around her, with the other she
clung tightly TO her wondering escort.
1t was on Chestnut street, just after the
crowds from the theaters had got away
and the street was rather quiet They
were in front of the bulk windows of
newspaper Office, and as the woman
continued to scream, in a shrill, slight
ly hysterical manner, her escort mean
while being SO perpleXed. as there was
no apparent cause for his companions
alarm, that he did not know what to DO
so did nothing, a small crowd col
lected, the stalwart reserve on the rear
corner coming forward with giant
strides, determined to rescue q fair one
in distress or perish in the attempt,
from force of habit he exclaimed:
"Come, now, move onr and Just then
a man in the crowd discovered the
cause of the hullabullo, and disgustedly
yelled, "RatSr The reserve was about
to arrest him for contempt, when, on
looking at the window. he saw rat,
large one, sitting on lis launches, won
dering at the rumpus it had caused
Being of a modest disposition, and no.
ticing the attention he was attracting,
his ratship scampered away, and the
woman, who was unable to conquer
the feminine fear of the rodent, walked
quickly away -PhjtGdeLphiu BuLLetin.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-06
WHOLE NO. 1479.
Powerful Lenses.
That a recent wonderful discovery in

That a recent wonderful discovery in
microscopy has not been even noted in
the public press may be cited as proof
of the general apathetic tendency as re-
CARDS scientific matters says the St.
Louis P0St-Dispatch. The microscope
has always been regarded as q wonder
full instrument, but by the discovery of
an entirely new kind of glass lately its
powers are increased to an incredible
degree. 1t was in the year 1873 that
DR.. Abbey read paper before the
South Kensington association in En-
gland. in which he strongly set forth
his ideas that it was possible that
new kind of glass might be made
which would increase the power of the
microscope.
In the year 1881 he and DR.. Scott, a
celebrated chemist, began to expert
ment in the town of Witten, in West
phalia. Their funds gave out in 1888,
however, before they had obtained any
remarkable results from their expert
ments, but both were so sanguine of
making a beneficial discovery if they
had funds to continue their work that
the Prussian government was induced
to give 81 800 for the continuance of
the experiments. Prof Abbey and Dr.
Scott then erected a laboratory in Ger
many, at the works of Carl Zeiss, a
manufacturer of instruments used by
scientists. They tried nearly all ele-
ments, and it was only about six
months ago that their long labor was
crowned with success which will make
them famous in the history of science.
The ordinary glass contains six sub
stances. The new glass made by Prof.
Abbey and DR.. Scott contains fourteen.
The most essential elements of which it
is composed are phosphorus and boron,
neither OF which is used in common
glass. With the old glass the full
power of the microscope was the dis
cernment of the 500th part of an inch,
and with the new glass it is claimed
that the 204, ZOO, ,000th part of an inch
can be distinguished. This certainly
seems incredible, but positive assurance
OF its truth is given by parties who have
tested Prof. Abbey's and Dr. SCOTS new
instrument
When the discovery was first made
Carl Zeiss, the manufacturer, in whose
place the eXperimentalists had worked,
was IN favor OF getting out patent so
that the discovery might prove a most
profitable one, but the fact of the ex-
periments having been conducted with
funds supplied by the Prussian govern
ment prevented the discoveries from
making it private enterprise, and COM
pels them to make it a public benefit.
The difference between the new and
the old glass consists in the refraction
of hight.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-06
Burden-Bearers of Morocco.

l trust it will be pardoned me if, with
but slight transition, | pass from the
donkey of Morocco to the women there
of. Those who know Tangier VIII un-
derstand that there is no discourtesv in
tended against the sex which in Europe
we are apt to call the weaker, but which
here shares with those other patient
creatures, the ass and the camel, the
bearing of all burdens If you walk
along the bay at Tangier (Which, by the
way, is one of the most splendid strands
imaginable), you will meet droves of
women, each carrying enormous bum
dies of grass or charcoal for market;
the haik covers their heads and their
burdens, the weight of which is usually
further supplemented by baby in a
kerchief, slung pouch-wise about her
somewhere where there is room. This
trait, which almost seems borrowed
from the kangaroo, is the invariable
way of carrying baby, and the women
work and wash, wearing their babies
in this marsupial fashion as naturally
as some primitive Australian animal
would, dld it but work and wash, and
in the streets, too, under the white haiks
OF the townswomen, one sees bulging
,
out the little skulls of infants, as in
Donnybrook, in the old days, when the
crowns of overtaken jewellers, showing
through the canvas tents, became ire
sistible spheres of attraction TO passing
shillalahs. But to return to our women,
who are trudging along the sands, per-
haps eight or ten ogether-perhaps it
is family party, husband, wife, and
daughter, in which case there is gener-
ally donkey who shares the loads
pretty fairly with the two ladies, except
that he has the further privileges of car
rying their mutual lord and master,
who sits up between the grass-woven
baskets with dignifed unconscious
ness of any calls of gallantry. Indeed,
| believe the ladies would feel il utterly
unbeftting and indecent were their
positions reversed, and l believe that
even the donkey bred in Mohammedan
usages would resent it. l think have
only once seen country woman riding
while one of the nobler sex walked, but
in this case she was evidently too old TO
get home otherwise. COrnhiU Naqd-
zkle.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-06
A Commercial Curiosity.

A gentleman of this city, who spent
the summer in Maine, was permitted TO
make the following verbatim copy of
document in the possession of family
in Norway, that state, the head of
which is a descendant of the merchant
who wrote it. tits interesting as showing
peculiar business transactions. or ways
of doing business. in those early days:
PIsCATAQUA in N. England 2 June
1732.-GeBt: We write you by Capt
VIM Frost Since have not received any
of Yors; this hope will be delivered by
Capt Robert Dram in our Ship Eagle
and inclosed you have an Invoice &
Bill of Lading for her cargo web desire
you will be Pleased to Receive and Dis
pose off for our best advantage and Lay
out We at Produce mostly in good rum
in Good Strong tite Casks & Cotton
wool Rome Small matter of Sugr &
Melases & Ship IT on board her & Let
har be Dispocht Directly here; if any
freight Should offer without rendering Q
much Time Should Greatly Oblige to
You if You would be pleased to Assist
them to Procure it q that You will give
them a quic Dispatch we Chuse that the
cargo Should be Some thing the Cheeper
rather than She Should be Delayed or
not bring ye MT produce of her cargo
with her.
We pray You to Settel our Accost &
pay yor Selfes the Balance that ben So
Long due from us to You we are with
due respect
Gent Yor Afectionate & obliged Ser
Wis VIM PErPERELL
if west India Goods Should be Scarce
& Dear Send us We Mt proceeds of ye
Cargo partly in Likely Young negroes
of about II or IA Years old if to be mad
Cheap-my Cooper tells me that We two
hhds of Cod fish is Very Good. WP
N Y Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-01-06
A Peculiar Piece of Work

A woman from Cleveland, Ohio, had
rather peculiar piece of work done
last week at Union square jewelers.
shop. Ten years ago she was a willowy
blonde whose figure was as 1.-the as Sarah
Bcrnhardts. AT this time she allowed
n bracelet to be locked on her slender
arm. and made a promise that it never
would be removed. The donor of the
golden band died, and the pretty blonde
married young society man. Time
has not dealt fairly with her, for the
beautifully-modeled figure is now al
most too pronounced in its curves for
beauty. The white arm is just as fair
as ever, but 1t, too. is more rounded
than formerly. The bracelet alone had
notuntil a few days ago increased in
size. In fact, it had become so tight as
to cut into the flesh. and when its own
err was in evening dress it created re-
mark. So she came on to New York.
and her case was put before q skillful
workman. He thought it over, and
finally told her that if she would spend
three days in his work-room he thought
he could enlarge the bracelet and vet
not take it from her arm nor break the
circle. A cast was taken Of the closely
woven links. and three new ones. ey-
act fac-smles of the old ones, were
made. Then the fair arm was stretched
out on a shelf and the new gold was
caught into the old by fine wires Two
of the old links were cut out and the
new ones slowly and carefully substi-
tuted for them, the improvised wire
links keeping the bracelet unit, as it
were. all the time. The woman spent
in all eighteen hours in the place, and
a lot OF money. As it is said that all
her family grow stout she will perhaps
have to have the ornament enlarged
several times.-N. T. Commercial i'd
UerttSer.